by John Jorgensen on December 9, 2008
- According to a report submitted to AppleInsider by French technology site ElectronLibre, Apple may be poised to drop DRM from all major label tracks on iTunes today (Sony, Universal, and Warner — EMI already went DRM free in April ‘07).
- In what amounts to a giant “f*ck you” to the United States, the report also claims Apple will run a “12 Days of iTunes” promotion that lets users in Germany, France and UK download “unlimited” tracks for a limited time after Christmas. This would be the biggest giveaway in iTunes’s history.
- Will the major labels really give up DRM, effectively surrendering their long and arduous fight against their own customers? Will iTunes actually allow unlimited downloads to a select few countries while leaving their homeland out in the cold? Will little Timmy be able to raise enough money with his lemonade stand to save Christmas? Stay tuned, folks.
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by John Jorgensen on October 7, 2008
- YouTube has rolled out affiliate links letting people buy videos streamed on the service on both iTunes and Amazon.
- Purchase music videos with one click from companies like EMI Music.
- Currently only works in the US.
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by David Heyerman on September 30, 2008
- Ad-supported, free streaming music/download for purchase service, We7 has already locked down catalog deals with Sony BMG, EMI, and Warner Music Group.
- They’ve just announced a partnership with The Orchard, a distributor of some 1.3 million songs under 14,00 artists.
- The Orchard’s content is not yet available, but founder and CEO of We7, Steve Purdham, says it will be within the next few coming months.
What do you make of this yet to be fully confirmed announcement?
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by John Jorgensen on September 24, 2008
- MySpace Music launched tonight with free streaming music from the 4 major record labels (Sony BMG, Warner, Universal and EMI, the last of which signed at the last minute).
- Activity Stream (MySpace’s version of Facebook’s News Feed) lets you see which songs your friends like and stream the full tracks with one click, essentially turning MySpace into a gigantic social music discovery site.
- In addition to free full-length streaming of all tracks, songs can be purchased as mp3s (Amazon) or as ringtones (Jamster).
- Unlimited numbers of playlists can be created, embedded and copied from other profiles.
- Tiny commentary: MySpace Music has become the 600 lb gorilla of social music discovery overnight. But will it survive? See our partner site tinyCrunch for five reasons MySpace Music will fail.
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by Jason Wilk on September 24, 2008
- MySpace has announced that Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI are all officially on board for the launch of the new Music.MySpace.com tonight at 9pm.
- The site will allows users to stream any song ever published for free, although with advertising integrated.
- MySpace users can create a playlist of 100 songs to be played on their page with easy sharing, download (Amazon) and ringtone capabilities (Jamster)
- Advertisers lined up for the launch to support the music streaming are McDonalds, Sony Pictures, Toyota and State Farm.
- Michael Arrington seems very excited about the new offering, but I think it’s another music site I won’t bother going on to. Here’s my reason’s why I think it will fail.
What do you think will happen?
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